CVE-2018-16511 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2018-16511

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. A...

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. A type confusion in "ztype" could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

debian linux, ghostscript, ubuntu linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server aus, enterprise linux server eus, enterprise linux server tus, enterprise linux workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
8.0, 9.0, 0, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 7.0, 7.6

Timeline

Official Publish: September 5th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.